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Chapter 6 (The Time Machine)

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About The Time Machine

Wells's science-fiction landmark read by Mark Nelson (5★ community rating). First-person scientific narration — the closest fiction gets to an academic lecture, great IELTS Section 4 training.

From "The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells, read by Mark Nelson — a community-favorite LibriVox recording in the public domain.

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